A bride and groom who met while working at the US grocery store 7-Eleven chose the store as the location for their marriage ceremony.

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To make the occasion even more memorable, groom Kimball married his bride, Sharon Stehli, at 7.11am on 11/7 (11 July).  “I figured if I got married at 7:11 on 7/11 in 7-Eleven, it’d be hard to forget my anniversary,” said Kimball.


The ceremony was conducted by Dee Blazina, a notary also employed by 7-Eleven as assistant manager at another branch. The ceremony concluded, the new husband and wife drank coffee from a 7-Eleven foam cup.

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